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CHICAGO — Naperville North junior Adam Beaty sat in the back of a classroom with a group of friends giving him a pep talk. A teacher who knew Beaty before he transitioned to male stood at the front of the room. “I was terrified. My heart was racing and I was like, ‘This is going to go horribly,’ ” Beaty said. “I went up and I was like, ‘So, about the name and everything.’ ” But before he could finish his sentence, the teacher asked Beaty his preferred name, to which he responded, “Adam.” Today, Beaty identifies as male, but he was born female. When he was a sophomore, Beaty asked his parents to rename him in accordance...

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